HeLa on TV:Rebecca Skloot's bestselling The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks just achieved another level of infamy, apparently inspiring a recent episode of Law & Order. The plot? "Nathan died in 1959, but his cells, known as NaRo, were the first to stay alive in culture.The immortal NaRo cells are sold to research centers around the world by Hema Labs, whose founder took the cells from Nathan Robinson without his permission." [Via GalleyCat]